Field Placement 2
| Course Code | AMHW-410 |
|---|---|
| Lecture hours per week | 2 |
| Lab hours per week | |
| Course Availability | Open |
| Description | The voices of community members and service consumers have been largely and systematically excluded from the dominant discourse around addiction, mental health and care, but fortunately, this is changing. As outlined in AMHW310, this course continues to offer an opportunity for AMHW learners to learn from and connect with not only service providers, but also to learn from, connect and honor the voices of community members living with and experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges. The AMHW410 course continues to build a supportive bridge between AMHW learners and future professionals, with the resilient members of the community who use services. This course builds on the AMHW-310 Field Placement 1 course and continues to provide learners with an exciting experiential opportunity to further grow and practice skill development and skill enhancement, knowledge, values and attitudes required to be a caring and effective helping professional within the field of addiction and mental health. Learners will attend four days per week and participate in a 448-hour field placement in a mental health and/or addiction services agency over the course of 14 weeks. Throughout this field placement course, learners are expected to adhere to their AMHW program core values, professional code of ethics and implement and remain grounded in an anti-racism, anti-Black racism, anti-colonial, anti-oppression, gender-informed and trauma-informed framework. Continued opportunities to further exemplify supportive care, enhanced professionalism, and espouse leadership skills in an agency setting will be a core outcome of the field placement. This course allows learners to gain additional skills and field experiences to further deepen their understanding, empathy and professional capacity and readiness to work with and support community members and organizations in the field of addiction and mental health. Learners will continue to practice the integration of classroom teachings, and build upon their skills from their AMHW310 course within the context of the self, relationships and practice. Supportive supervision in an agency setting supports learners in their preparation for graduation and a successful career in this challenging and rewarding field. |